Jack Wall (Kildare South, Labour)
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Question 497: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the position in regard to a submission (details supplied); if his Department can assist in any way to help the group reach its objectives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1036/05]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The funding available to my Department for expenditure on sport, of which voluntarism is the backbone, comprises funding to the Irish Sports Council, which provides funding of a current nature in respect of programmes and activities and schemes of grants operated by my Department towards the provision of sporting facilities. Although the exact nature of the activity in respect of which funding is sought is not clear from the documentation submitted by the Deputy, it is unlikely that the project would qualify for funding from my Department.